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EMER-n - Rural Entrepreneurship in the North Region

Reference
NORTE-02-0651-FEDER-000025
Project Type
Regional / Público
Financial Program
NORTE 2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Global Funding Value
2182212.61 €
IPB Funding Value
80100.00 €
Type of project
Research Project
Principal Investigator
Paula Sofia Alves do Cabo
Start
2016-09-01
End
2019-02-08
More info
http://www.emern.pt/

Description
The project EMER-N - Entrepreneurship in the Rural Areas in the Northern Region - aims to implement a program to support Entrepreneurship, adapted to the constraints and particularities of the rural areas with the purpose of creating a positive environment, supporting the start and growth of companies and employment in the North. To this end, EMER-N focuses on the objectives of enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, value and promoting local economies, revitalizing local and regional knowledge and wisdom, and helping to retain the local population. The project will include support activities, as well as promotion and communication actions aimed at helping entrepreneurs in the region concerned. EMER-N is a project funded by the NORTE Regional Operational Program 2020.
Goals
  • Enhance the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Encourage local-based entrepreneurship
  • Create value and promote local economies
  • Revitalize local and regional knowledges
  • Contribute to the fixation of the local population
Results
MeasureValue
Created Companies344
Promoted Investment3,4 M euros
Jobs created344
(1 average job per company)
Dynamized turnover5M Euros
(average of 14.5 thousand euros of turnover per company created)
Creation of an EMER-N platform1
Births of companies in high and medium-high technology sectors and in knowledge intensive services4


Project Team

Project Partners

  • ACIBTM-Associação Centro de Incubação de Base Tecnológica do Minho (inCubo)
  • ADER-SOUSA - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural das Terras do Sousa
  • ADRAT - Associação de Desenvolvimento da Região do Alto Tâmega
  • ADRIMAG - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Integrado das Serras do Montemuro, Arada e Gralheira
  • ADRIMINHO - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Integrado do Vale do Minho
  • ADRITEM - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Integrado das Terras de Santa Maria
  • ATAHCA - Associação de Desenvolvimento das Terras Altas do Homem, Cávado e Ave
  • CORANE - Associação de Desenvolvimento dos Concelhos da Raia Nordestina
  • DESTEQUE - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Terra Quente
  • DOLMEN - Cooperativa de Formação, Educação e Desenvolvimento do Baixo Tâmega, CRL
  • DOURO SUPERIOR - Associação de Desenvolvimento
  • IET-Tâmega- Instituto Empresarial do Tâmega
  • IPVC - Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
  • UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro